ambulance

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈæmbjʊləns/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈæmbjələns/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(am′byə ləns)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
am•bu•lance /ˈæmbyələns/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Medicinea specially equipped vehicle for carrying sick or injured people to a hospital.
See -ambl-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
am•bu•lance  (am′byə ləns),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a specially equipped motor vehicle, airplane, ship, etc., for carrying sick or injured people, usually to a hospital.
  2. (formerly) a field hospital.
  • French, equivalent. to (hôpital) ambul(ant) walking (hospital) + -ance -ance. See ambulant
  • 1800–10

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ambulance / ˈæmbjʊləns/
  1. a motor vehicle designed to carry sick or injured people
Etymology: 19th Century: from French, based on (hôpital) ambulant mobile or field (hospital), from Latin ambulāre to walk
'ambulance' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
EMT - SJA - accident tout - ambo - ambulance chaser - ambulance stocks - arm - dome light - first responder - front line - hospitaller - meat wagon - medevac - paramedic - there - zambuck

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